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University  of  Mississippi. 


1871. 


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UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSISSIPPI. 


Approved  and  Adopted  by  the  Trustees,  dune,  1871. 


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OXFORD,  MISSISSIPPI. 
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CHAPTER  I. 

OFFICERS  AND  GOVERNMENT. 

Art.  i.  The  government  and  instruction  of  all  students  of  the 
University  shall  be  committed  to  a  Chancellor  and  such  Faculties  as 
the  Board  of  Trustees  may  establish. 

Art.  2.  The  government  of  all  undergraduates  shall  be  intrusted 
to  the  Chancellor  and  such  Professors  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may 
appoint,  to  give  instruction  in  the  several  departments  of  science  and 
letters,  who  shall  be  styled  the  Faculty  of  Arts. 

Art.  3.  The  Chancellor  shall  be  ex-qfficio  the  presiding  officer  of 
the  Faculty  of  Arts.  This  Faculty  shall  elect  annually  a  Recording 
Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  and  a  Librarian. 

Art.  4.    The  Faculty  of  Arts  shall  have  power — 

1.  To  establish  all  by-laws  and  make  all  needful  regulations 
for  the  maintenance  of  good  order  and  proper  police,  and  for 
the  enforcement  of  discipline. 

2.  To  determine  the  curriculum  of  studies  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  Arts,  under  such  general  provisions  as  may  be  herein- 
after established. 

3.  To  prescribe  what  text-books  shall  be  used. 

4.  To  arrange  the  hours  of  daily  study,  religious  exercises, 
and  recitations. 

5.  To  try  and  punish  all  undergraduates  for  violations  of 
these  laws,  or  of  any  of  its  own  regulations. 

6.  To  determine  the  relative  standing  of  undergraduates, 
and  their  arrangement  in  classes. 

7.  To  establish  a  system  of  demerits  for  delinquencies. 

8.  To  establish,  suppress,  regulate,  and  control  literary  and 
other  associations. 

9.  To  suspend  the  exercises  of  the  University  upon  occasions 
of  great  public  moment  or  interest,  or  in  case  of  emergency, 
or  upon  the  occurrence  of  a  death  in  the  University,  or  upon 
the  appearance  of  a  dangerous  epidemic;  but  this  authority 
shall  not  extend  to  occasions  of  a  purely  political  character. 


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Art.  5.  The  Faculty  of  Arts  shall  meet  regularly  once  each  week; 
but  the  Chancellor  shall  have  power  to  dispense  with  such  meetings, 
from  time  to  time,  when  in  his  judgment  the  interests  of  the  University 
will  not  be  prejudiced  in  consequence. 

Art.  6.  The  Chancellor,  at  the  request  of  two  Professors,  shall  at 
any  time  call  a  meeting  of  the  Faculty  of  Arts.  t 

Art.  7.  The  Chancellor  shall  have  power  to  call  extra  meetings 
of  the  Faculty. 

Art.  8.  In  Faculty  meetings  all  matters  of  business  shall  be  de- 
termined by  the  vote  of  the  majority,  including  the  Chancellor,  and 
when  the  members  present  shall  be  equally  divided  the  Chancellor 
shall  also  have  a  casting  vote. 

Art.  9.  The  Chancellor  shall  have  power  to  grant  leave  of  absence 
from  the  University  for  reasonable  cause,  and  for  such  length  of  time 
as  he  shall  judge  the  occasion  to  require. 

Art.  10.  He  shall  have  power  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  visit, 
from  time  to  time,  the  classes  of  the  several  departments  of  the  Uni- 
versity, and  to  give  such  directions  and  perform  such  acts  generally 
as  shall  in  his  judgment  promote  the  interest  of  the  Institution,  pro- 
vided that  they  do  not  contravene  the  organic  law,  the  laws  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  or  the  decisions  of  the  Faculty. 

Art.  11.  The  Chancellor  shall  be  directly  chargeable  with  the  dis- 
cipline and  police  of  the  University ;  but  he  may  at  any  time  require 
the  assistance  of  any  or  all  of  the  members  of  the  several  Faculties. 
He  shall  control  and  preside  at  all  public  exhibitions  or  assemblies 
of  the  body  of  the  University,  and  shall  superintend  all  examinations. 

^Art.  12.  The  Chancellor  shall  report  to  the  Trustees  annually, 
and  as  occasion  may  require,  concerning  the  state  of  the  University, 
and  suggest  measures  that  may  be  necessary  to  promote  its  prosperity. 

Art.  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  Professors  to  maintain  and 
enforce  discipline  and  police  within  their  respective  departments,  and 
to  report  upon  and  correct  all  irregularities  falling  under  their  observa- 
tion respectively,  at  any  time  and  place. 

Art.  14.  Assistant  or  adjunct  Professors  shall  have  all  the  rights 
and  authorities  of  Professors. 

Art.  15.  Tutors  who  may  be  appointed  from  time  to  time  shall 
receive  their  instructions  from  and  report  to  the  Professor  or  Professors 
in  whose  department  or  departments  they  may  be  required  to  serve. 


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They  shall  have  the  same  power  and  authority  to  preserve  order  and 
enforce  discipline  as  a  Professor  •  and  shall  be  shown  the  same  defer- 
ence and  respect  by  students. 

Art.  16.  They  may  be  appointed  to  office  by  the  Faculty  of  Arts, 
and  shall  be  required  to  attend  all  Faculty  meetings. 

Art.  17.  The  Professors  shall  take  precedence  according  to  the 
dates  of  their  appointment,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  Chancellor,  or 
in  case  of  his  disability  to  discharge  his  duties,  the  senior  Professor 
shall  act  as  Chancellor,  and  shall  have  the  same  authority  to  command 
obedience  and  enforce  the  discipline  of  the  University  among  the  under- 
graduates as  the  Chancellor  possesses. 

Art.  18.  If  a  Professor  in  any  other  Faculty  shall  be  required  by 
the  terms  of  his  appointment  to  give  instructions  to  undergraduates, 
he  shall  be  likewise  a  member  of  the  Faculty  of  Arts. 

Art.  19.  No  officer  of  the  University  shall  excuse  a  class  from 
assembling  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  lecture  or  recitation, 
or  from  the  performance  of  any  regular  scholastic  exercise,  without  the 
consent  of  the  Chancellor ;  nor  shall  any  undergraduate  be  excused 
from  recitation  or  lecture  except  for  such  reason  as  the  .Chancellor 
shall  deem  sufficient. 

Art.  20.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recording  Secretary  to  keep 
a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Faculty  of  Arts.  He  shall  mention 
in  such  proceedings  the  names  of  all  members  who  may  be  absent. 
These  minutes  shall  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees at  any  time. 

Art.  21.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  to 
receive  and  answer  all  official  letters  pertaining  to  the  affairs  of  the 
University,  under  such  instructions  as  may  be  given  him,  from  time  to 
time,  by  the  Faculty. 

Art.  22.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Librarian  to  have  charge  of 
and  care  for  all  books  belonging  to  the  University ;  to  keep  a  record 
of  all  books  taken  from  and  returned  to  the  library,  which  he  will  con- 
trol under  such  regulation  as  may  be  adopted  by  the  Faculty  of  Arts. 
He  shall  make  such  reports,  from  time  to  time,  as  he  may  deem  neces- 
sary, or  as  may  be  called  for  by  proper  authority. 

Art.  23.  The  Trustees  shall  appoint  a  Proctor,  whose  duties  shall 
be  to  superintend  all  the  buildings  of  the  University;  to  inspect  the 
dormitories  and  other  buildings  once  in  each  week ;  to  note  the  dam- 
ages and  assess  the  expense  according  to  law ;  and  to  have  the  needful 


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repairs  made  immediately,  so  as  to  keep  the  whole  in  perfect  order. 
To  have  everything  kept  in  fair  working  order  in  the  various  depart- 
ments: to  cause  a  proper  supply  of  fuel  to  be  furnished  to  the 
dormitories  and  the  public  rooms;  to  see  that  the  fuel  is  properly 
measured  as  laid  down  on  the  grounds ;  to  superintend  the  mechanics 
and  servants,  and  direct  their  operations ;  and  to  make  out  all  bills  for 
materials  for  the  use  of  the  University,  and  to  report  to  the  Executive 
Committee. 


CHAPTER  II. 

COURSE    OF    STUDY. 

In  the  plan  of  instruction  of  the  University  three  general  depart- 
ments shall  be  included,  viz.: 

i.  A  Department  of  Preparatory  Education; 

2.  A  Department  of  Science,  Literature,  and  the  Arts ; 

3.  A  Department  of  Professional  Education. 

I.  Department  of  Preparatory  Education. 

Under  the  first  of  these  general  departments  is  included  a  Univer- 
sity High  School,  in  which  shall  be  taught  all  those  branches  of  study 
preliminary  to  the  University  courses,  viz.:  English,  Latin,  Greek,  and 
Mathematics,  together  with  a  course  of  Commercial  Science,  including 
Penmanship  and  Book-keeping. 

II.  Department  of  Science,  Literature,  and  the  Arts. 

Under  the  second  are  included  six  distinct  courses  of  study,  four 
of  which  shall  be  undergraduate  parallel  courses,  and  two  shall  be 
post-graduate  courses. 

1.  Undergraduate  Courses. — The  four  Undergraduate  Parallel 
Courses  shall  be  known  as  —  1.  The  Course  for  Bachelor  of  Arts; 
2.  The  Course  for  Bachelor  of  Science;  3.  The  Course  for  Bachelor 
of  Philosophy ;  and  4.  The  Course  for  Civil  Engineer.  A  student  has 
free  choice  of  these  courses,  but  the  studies  prescribed  for  each  course 
are  all  compulsory  for  that  course. 

The  Course  for  Bachelor  of  Arts  requires  four  years  for  its  com- 
pletion, and  embraces  the  studies  following :  For  the  first  year, 
English,  Latin,  Greek,  Mathematics;  for  the  second  year,  English, 
Latin,   Greek,    Mathematics,   History,    Physics;   for   the   third   year, 


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Physics,  Metaphysics,  Rhetoric,  Greek,  Latin,  French,  Chemistry;  for 
the  fourth  year,  Optics,  Astronomy,  Geology,  Political  Economy,  Ethics, 
English,  French,  Greek. 

The  Course  for  Bachelor  of  Science  requires  three  years  for  its 
completion,  and  embraces  the  studies  following:  For  the  first  year, 
English,  Latin,  Botany,  History,  Mathematics;  for  the  second  year, 
English  Literature,  Physics,  Mathematics,  Political  Economy,  Rhetoric, 
Chemistry ;  for  the  third  year,  Physics,  Optics,  Geology,  French,  Ethics, 
Metaphysics. 

The  Course  for  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  requires  three  years  for 
its  completion,  and  embraces  the  studies  following:  For  the  first 
year,  English  Language  and  Literature,  Botany,  Mathematics ;  for  the 
second  year,  Political  Economy,  History,  Chemistry,  Mathematics; 
for  the  third  year,  Physics,  Rhetoric,  Geology,  Ethics,  Metaphysics. 

The  Course  for  Civil  Engineer  requires  four  years  for  its  comple- 
tion, and  embraces  the  studies  following :  For  the  first  year,  English 
Language  and  Literature,  French,  Botany,  Mathematics ;  for  the  second 
year,  Drawing,  Mathematics,  French;  for  the  third  year,  Physics, 
Mechanics,  Chemistry,  Engineering ;  for  the  fourth  year,  History, 
Optics,  Geology,  Engineering,  Ethics. 

2.  Post-graduate  Courses. — The  two  Post-graduate  Courses  shall 
be  known  as — i.  The  Course  for  Master  of  Arts;  2.  The  Course  for 
Doctor  of  Philosophy. 

The  Course  for  Master  of  Arts  requires  one  year  additional  to  the 
Bachelor  of  Arts  Course,  and  embraces  in  addition  to  the  studies  of 
that  course  an  extended  course  in  any  three  of  the  following,  viz.: 
French,  Latin,  German,  Anglo-Saxon,  Greek,  Hebrew,  Ethics,  Meta- 
physics, History,  on  which  the  candidate  must  sustain  a  satisfactory 
examination,  and  submit  an  approved  thesis. 

The  Course  for  Doctor  of  Philosophy  requires  two  years  in  addi- 
tion to  the  Course  for  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  embraces  the  following 
additional  studies :  For  the  first  year,  Practical  Chemistry,  Practical 
Mineralogy,  and  Practical  Botany.  For  the  second  year,  Practical 
Chemistry,  Practical  Geology,  Practical  Zoology,  and  Practical  As- 
tronomy. On  any  three  of  these  studies  the  candidate  must  sustain 
a  satisfactory  examination,  and  present  an  approved  thesis. 

III.  Department  of  Professional  Education. 

Under  the  third  general  department  are  embraced  two  Professional 
Schools,  viz.:  1.  A  School  of  Law  and  Governmental  Science;  2.  A 
School  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 


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The  School  of  Law  and  Governmental  Science,  when  complete  in 
its  organization,  shall  be  presided  over  by  four  Professors. 

The  School  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  when  organized,  shall  be 
furnished  with  a  Faculty  sufficiently  large  to  meet  all  demands  for  this 
form  of  professional  education. 


CHAPTER  III. 

ADMISSION  AND  DISCHARGE  OF  UNDERGRADUATES. 

Art.  i.  Applicants  for  admission  into  the  first  year's  class  of  the 
Bachelor  of  Arts  Course  must  be  able  to  sustain  a  satisfactory  exami- 
nation on  English  Grammar,  Geography,  Arithmetic,  Fundamental 
Principles,  Fractions,  both  common  and  decimal,  Ratio  and  Proportion, 
Percentage,  Involution  and  Evolution.  Students  will  be  examined  also 
upon  Algebra,  Davies'  Elementary,  through  Equations  of  the  second 
degree ;  and,  besides  the  foregoing,  the  following  books,  or  the  equiva- 
lent, in  Latin  and  Greek:  Latin  Grammar  (Harkness'  or  Andrews  and 
Stoddard's),  Caesar,  Cicero's  Orations  against  Catiline,  four  books  of 
the  ^Eneid  of  Virgil,  and  Hadley's  Greek  Grammar,  with  Whiton's 
First  Lessons  in  Greek. 

Art.  2.  Applicants  for  advanced  classes  must  be  proficient  in  the 
studies  prescribed  in  preliminary  classes. 

Art.  3.  Candidates  for  the  first  year's  class  of  the  Bachelor  of 
Science  Course  will  be  examined  on  all  the  studies  required  for  the 
first  year  of  the  Bachelor  of  Arts  Course  except  the  Greek. 

Art.  4.  Candidates  for  the  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  Course  and  the 
Civil  Engineering  will  be  examined  on  the  same,  with  the  addition 
of  the  whole  of  Davies'  Elementary  Algebra,  or  its  equivalent,  and 
omitting  both  the  Latin  and  Greek  languages. 

Art.  5.  The  age  of  admission  to  the  first  year  of  any  course  is  at 
least  sixteen  years,  and  a  proportional  increase  of  age  is  required  for 
an  advanced  class.  In  case  of  superior  qualifications  the  Faculty  have 
power  to  dispense  with  this  requisition. 

Art.  6.  Certificates  of  good  moral  character  are  required  of  all 
candidates  for  admission  ;  and  if  from  another  College,  this  certificate 
must  show  that  the  student  was  honorably  discharged. 

Art.  7.  Candidates  for  admission  must  report  to  the  Chancellor  or 
Vice-chancellor  within  twenty-four  hours  after  their  arrival. 


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Art.  8.  All  the  requisitions  for  admission  shall  be  annually  pub- 
lished in  the  college  catalogue,  and  the  Faculty  shall  have  power,  from 
time  to  time,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Board,  to  modify  these 
requisitions  as  the  exigencies  of  the  University  may  seem  to  require. 

Art.  9.  Every  student,  upon  his  entrance  into  college,  shall  be 
earnestly  admonished  by  the  Chancellor  of  his  responsibility  to  the 
laws  and  regulations  of  the  University,  and  of  his  duty  to  yield  them 
implicit  obedience;  and  he  shall  be  required  to  state  that  he  has  no 
fire-arms  or  deadly  weapons  in  his  possession,  or  in  the  possession  of 
others  for  him,  or  if  he  have  such  to  deliver  the  same  to  the  Chan- 
cellor. 

Art.  10.  The  principle  that  distinguishes  the  present  scheme  of 
the  University  is  that  of  election  of  courses  running  parallel,  but  with 
class  organization.  A  student  may  choose  any  one  of  four  courses,  but 
all  the  studies  prescribed  in  any  course  are  compulsory  for  that  course, 
and  necessary  to  the  degree  for  which  the  student  is  a  candidate.  No 
student  will  be  permitted  to  drop  any  given  study  until  he  has  com- 
pleted the  term  examination  in  that  study.  Students,  however,  may 
pursue  select  studies,  for  such  a  length  of  time  as  they  may  choose, 
under  certain  restrictions. 

Art.  11.  An  honorable  discharge  shall  in  all  cases  be  granted  to 
students  withdrawing  from  the  University,  except  to  those  expelled  or 
withdrawing  under  sentence  of  suspension ;  but  no  undergraduate  shall 
be  entitled  to  a  discharge  without  the  assent  of  his  parent  or  guardian, 
given  personally  or  in  writing  to  the  Chancellor.  The  certificate  of 
discharge  shall  not  be  delivered  to  the  student  himself,  but  shall  be 
sent  to  the  parent  or  guardian,  at  his  usual  post-office,  or  delivered  to 
him  in  person. 

Art.  12.  So  soon  as  the  student  shall  have  been  admitted  to  the 
University,  he  shall  be  presented  with  a  copy  of  these  Laws. 


CHAPTER   IV. 

dormitories. 

Arjt.  i.  All  undergraduates  not  residing  with  their  parents  or  re- 
lations in  the  vicinity  of  the  University,  shall  be  required  to  occupy 
rooms  in  the  college  dormitories,  unless  the  Chancellor,  for  satisfactory 
reasons,  shall  permit  them  to  reside  elsewhere. 


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Art.  2.  The  lodging  of  students,  in  or  out  of  the  dormitories,  shall 
be  under  the  exclusive  control  of  the  Chancellor;  and  any  student 
who  shall  refuse  to  conform  to  the  Chancellor's  directions  on  this  sub- 
ject shall  be  dismissed  from  the  University. 

Art.  3.  The  allotment  of  rooms  for  the  session  shall  be  made 
immediately  upon  the  opening  of  the  session.  No  changes  of  rooms 
during  the  session  shall  be  made  without  the  consent  of  the  Chancellor. 
No  student  who  is  absent  without  permission  at  the  time  of  allotment 
shall  have  any  room  reserved  for  him,  and  any  student  who  shall  be 
absent  during  the  session  by  permission,  and  shall  fail  to  return  at  the 
expiration  of  his  leave  of  absence,  shall  forfeit  his  title  to  the  room 
which  he  has  occupied.  Each  lodging  room  of  the  dormitories  shall 
be  occupied  by  at  least  two  students,  and  if  any  student  occupying  a 
room  shall  voluntarily  fail  to  obtain  a  room-mate,  he  shall  pay  double 
the  contingent  fee  fixed  by  Article  2,  Chapter  VIII.,  to  be  apportioned 
by  the  Proctor  to  the  length  of  time  he  shall  so  occupy  it. 

Art.  4.  In  discharge  of  the  duties  devolving  on  the  Chancellor, 
under  the  regulations  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  have  the  assistance,  if 
necessary,  of  the  other  officers  of  the  Faculty. 

Art.  5.  No  undergraduate  shall  have  lodgings,  either  in  term  time 
or  vacation,  in  any  public  house  in  Oxford  j  provided  that  whenever 
the  accommodations  at  the  University  are  insufficient,  and  the  Faculty 
are  satisfied  that  lodgings  can  not  be  obtained  in  private  families 
within  a  reasonable  distance,  permission  may  be  granted  students  to 
lodge  at  public  houses  until  other  accommodations  shall  be  obtained. 


CHAPTER  V. 

TERMS  OF  STUDY  AND  VACATION. 

Art.  1.  The  annual  session  shall  begin  on  the  first  Wednesday  of 
October,  and  end  on  the  last  Thursday  of  June.  That  part  of  the 
session  ending  about  the  15  th  of  February  shall  be  known  as  the  first 
term,  the  remainder  as  the  second  term. 

Art.  2.  During  the  session  scholastic  exercises  shall  proceed  un- 
interruptedly, except  that  the  Faculty  shall  have  power  to  suspend  the 
same  during  the  Christmas  holidays. 

Art.  3.  During  vacations  no  student  shall  reside  in  the  University 
buildings  unless  by  the  express  consent  of  the  Chancellor. 


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Art.  4.  If  any  student  be  withdrawn  from  the  University  during 
the  session  by  his  parent  or  guardian  without  the  consent  of  the 
Chancellor,  he  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  of  the  University ;  but  may, 
if  he  wish  to  return,  apply  for  re-admission,  subject  to  examination  and 
to  the  same  requirements  as  an  original  applicant ;  and  in  all  cases 
when  a  student  absents  himself  during  the  session  for  a  period  of 
one  week  or  more,  although  with  the  permission  of  the  Chancellor,  he 
shall  upon  his  return  be  subject  to  examination  if  the  Faculty  require 
it,  and  shall  not  be  entitled  to  re-enter  his  class  unless  his  examination 
be  satisfactory. 

Art.  5.  The  vacations  during  the  year  are  two.  The  summer 
vacation  begins  on  the  last  Friday  of  June  and  continues  until  the 
first  Wednesday  of  October,  and  the  recess  at  Christmas  begins  on  or 
near  the  24th  of  December  and  closes  on  the  1st  of  January. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

LIBRARY,  LABORATORY,  OBSERVATORY,  &c. 

Art.  i.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  members  of 
the  University,  and  those  who  have  once  belonged  to  either  of  these 
bodies,  resident  graduates,  professional  students,  and  undergraduates, 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  drawing  books  from  the  Library  j  but  this 
permission  shall  be  extended  to  no  other  person  except  by  express 
order  of  the  Faculty  of  Arts. 

Art.  2.  The  Faculty  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty, 
to  regulate  the  time  and  manner  of  drawing  books  and  returning  them, 
assess  and  collect  damages  for  books  injured  or  lost,  and  to  do  gener- 
ally whatever  is  necessary  for  the  management,  use,  and  preservation 
of  the  Library.  If  there  be  in  the  Library  works  which  in  their  judg- 
ment ought  not  to  be  exposed  to  the  danger  of  injury  from  removal, 
they  may  require  that  such  works  be  not  taken  from  the  Library. 

Art.  3.  All  books  shall  be  returned  to  the  Library  at  least  ten 
days  before  commencement. 

Art.  4.  The  Librarian  shall  make  to  the  Chancellor  annually,  at 
least  one  week  before  commencement,  a  report  on  the  state  of  the 
Library,  including  lists  of  additions  to  the  Library,  and  of  the  losses 
and  injuries  which  it  may  have  sustained  during  the  year,  which  report 
the  Chancellor  shall  communicate  to  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


12  LAWS    OF   THE   UNIVERSITY   OF   MISSISSIPPI. 

Art.  5.  No  student  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  discharge  from 
the  college  until  he  shall  have  exhibited  to  the  President  a  certificate 
from  the  Librarian,  showing  that  he  has  returned  all  books  to  the 
Library;  and  no  candidate  for  graduation  shall  receive  his  diploma 
without  exhibiting  a  similar  certificate.  ' 

Art.  6.  The  Observatory,  Philosophical  Lecture-room,  and  depot 
of  Philosophical  Apparatus,  with  all  the  instruments  and  apparatus 
relating  to  Astronomy  and  to  the  several  branches  of  Natural  Philoso- 
phy; all  the  outfit  and  models  belonging  to  the  Department  of 
Engineering,  the  Chemical  Laboratory,  with  all  the  chemical  re-agents 
and  other  stock,  and  all  the  apparatus  relating  to  this  Department  of 
Science ;  also  the  cabinet  of  Minerals,  Rocks,  Fossils,  and  Shells,  and 
all  the  Geological  collections  and  specimens,  and  all  appertaining  to 
any  of  the  Natural  Sciences,  shall  be  under  the  care  of  the  Professors 
in  these  several  departments,  who  shall  be  responsible  for  their  safe- 
keeping and  preservation. 

Art.  7.  The  Reading-room  is  established  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Faculty  and  students,  and  shall  be  furnished  with  such  newspapers  as 
a  committee,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  Board,  may  select. 

Art.  8.  Such  foreign  and  American  reviews  and  magazines  as  may 
be  recommended  by  the  Faculty  and  approved  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee shall  be  subscribed  for  by  the  Secretary,  and  at  the  end  of  each 
year  they  shall  be  bound  substantially  for  preservation  and  deposited 
in  the  Library. 

Art.  9.  The  Reading-room  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  Libra- 
rian, subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chancellor. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Art.  1.  The  penalties  for  misconduct  to  be  imposed  upon  under- 
graduates shall  be :  admonition,  warning,  recorded  demerit,  suspension, 
dismission,  or  expulsion. 

Art.  2.  If  any  student  shall  give,  accept,  or  bear  a  challenge  to 
fight  a  duel ;  or  shall,  as  second,  friend,  or  abettor,  be  in  any  manner 
connected  with  a  duel ;  or  shall  use,  or  threaten  by  word,  attitude,  or 
gesture  to  use,  any  deadly  weapon  in  a  quarrel ;  or  shall  be  active  in 
promoting  any  combination  to  interrupt  the  exercises  or  to  resist  the 
authorities  of  the  University ;  or  shall  be  guilty  of  gambling ;  or  shall 


LAWS    OF    THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    MISSISSIPPI.  1 3 

commit  any  offense  for  which  an  infamous  punishment  is  fixed  by  the 
municipal  law,  he  may  be  expelled ;  nor,  after  full  conviction  of  any 
one  of  the  offenses  enumerated  in  this  section,  shall  any  student  receive 
a  milder  punishment  than  expulsion;  nor  shall  any  person  thus  ex- 
pelled be  received  again  as  a  member  of  the  University,  except  by  a 
vote  of  two  thirds  of  the  Faculty  present. 

Art.  3.  Any  disrespect  or  insult  to  any  officer  of  the  Faculty  shall 
be  punished  according  to  the  aggravation  of  the  offense.  If  the  insult 
be  gross  the  offender  shall  be  expelled. 

Art.  4.  The  following  offenses  shall  be  deemed  misdemeanors,  and 
shall  be  punished  according  to  the  degree  of  their  aggravation : 
bringing  or  causing  to  be  brought  intoxicating  liquors  of  any  kind  to 
the  University ;  drinking  intoxicating  liquors ;  being  concerned  in  any 
riot ;  making  disturbances  at  night  about  the  University,  in  the  town  of 
Oxford,  or  in  any  other  place ;  striking  a  fellow-student ;  associating 
with  any  person  of  notoriously  bad  character;  playing  at  cards  or 
other  gambling  games ;  having  in  possession  fire-arms  or  any  deadly 
weapon;  willfully  committing  injury  to  the  buildings  or  other  prop- 
erty belonging  to  the  University ;  being  concerned  in  any  agreement 
or  combination  to  resist  the  authority  of  the  Faculty,  or  to  inter- 
rupt the  exercises  of  the  University ;  and  doing  any  act,  either  singly 
or  in  concert  with  others,  having  a  design  or  tendency  to  annoy  any 
officer  of  the  Faculty. 

Art.  5.  No  student  shall  keep  a  dog  or  other  troublesome  animal 
about  the  University;  nor  shall  he  play  upon  a  musical  instrument,  or 
in  any  manner  disturb  his  fellow-students  during  the  hours  allotted  to 
study;  nor  shall  any  student  be  absent  from  his  room  during  those 
hours  or  at  night  without  permission. 

Art.  6.  No  student  shall  tear  down  or  deface  any  notice  posted  by 
order  of  the  Faculty  or  any  of  its  officers;  nor  write  or  mark  on  the 
walls  of  the  buildings,  or  otherwise  disfigure  them;  nor  disfigure  the 
floor  of  the  recitation  or  lecture-rooms,  or  of  the  public  passages,  by 
spitting  upon  them ;  nor  leave  the  University  to  go  home,  or  to  visit 
any  remote  place,  without  the  Chancellor's  express  consent. 

Art.  7.  No  student  shall  drive  or  ride  for  amusement  on  Sunday 
in  the  town  of  Oxford,  or  the  vicinity  of  Oxford  or  the  University ;  nor 
shall  any  student  hire  or  engage  any  horse  or  vehicle  to  be  used  on 
that  day  by  himself  or  others,  for  any  purpose  whatever,  unapproved 
by  the  Chancellor;  nor  shall  any  undergraduate  keep  a  horse  at  the 
University  or  in  its  vicinity  while  he  remains  a  member  of  the  same. 


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Art.  8.  Offenses  against  good  order  and  propriety,  and  delinquen- 
cies generally,  not  especially  enumerated  in  these  regulations,  shall  be 
punished  according  to  the  nature  and  circumstances  of  the  case. 

Art.  9.  Deficient  scholarship  and  negligent  attendance  on  college 
exercises  shall  always  be  sufficient  cause  for  requiring  a  student  to 
withdraw  from  the  University,  after  due  notice  to  himself  and  to  his 
parent  or  guardian  by  the  Faculty ;  and  in  such  cases,  if  the  student 
be  charged  with  no  moral  delinquency,  he  shall  receive  a  simple  cer- 
tificate of  discharge,  imputing  no  censure  ;  but  such  certificate,  instead 
of  being  delivered  to  the  student  himself,  shall  be  sent  to  his  parent 
or  guardian. 

Art.  10.  Whenever  a  student  shall  be  frequently  absent  from  his 
scholastic  exercises,  though  for  sufficient  reason,  the  Faculty  shall  call 
the  attention  of  the  parent  or  guardian  to  the  fact ;  that  if  there  be  no 
improvement  in  this  respect  they  shall  advise  the  withdrawal  of  such 
student ;  and  in  case  a  student  be  manifestly  making  ill  use  of  his  time, 
from  whatever  cause,  his  withdrawal  may  be  advised  in  like  manner. 

Art.  11.  Whenever  a  student  is  suspended  he  shall  leave  the  col- 
lege grounds  within  twenty-four  hours  after  being  notified  of  the  fact, 
and  the  town  of  Oxford,  if  not  a  resident  thereof,  within  forty-eight 
hours  after  receiving  such  notification,  unless  the  Chancellor  for  suffi- 
cient reason  see  fit  to  grant  a  longer  delay.  Disregard  of  this  regu- 
lation shall  be  punished  according  to  the  circumstances  of  the  case ; 
but  if  the  disregard  be  defiant  the  offender  shall  be  expelled. 

Art.  12.  The  Faculty  shall  cause  circular  letters  to  be  sent  monthly 
and  at  the  expiration  of  each  term  to  parents  or  guardians  of  all 
undergraduates,  in  which  shall  be  stated  the  standing  of  such  students 
in  scholarship,  the  degree  of  their  regularity  or  irregularity  of  attend- 
ance upon  college  exercises,  their  general  deportment,  and  the  re- 
corded demerits,  if  any,  against  them. 

Art.  13.  Should  the  Faculty  at  any  time  believe  that  an  under- 
graduate student  is  falling  into  idle  or  pernicious  habits,  then,  through 
the  Chancellor  as  their  organ,  they  shall  make  known  their  impressions 
to  the  parent  or  guardian  of  the  student,  with  the  grounds  on  which  it 
is  founded ;  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  at  all  times,  and  in  the  fullest 
manner,  to  acquaint  the  friends  of  every  student  with  whatever  would 
be  likely  to  give  them  anxiety  in  regard  to  the  welfare  of  such  student. 

Art.  14.  Students  shall  not  be  exempt  from  responsibility  to  the 
authorities  of  the  University  for  censurable  acts  committed  in  the 
vacations  or  while  absent  from  the  University  during  the  session. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 

COLLEGE  DUES,  DAMAGES,  &c. 

Art.  i.  Tuition  fees  in  the  regular  courses  of  the  Department  of 
Science,  Literature,  and  the  Arts  are  abolished  for  all  students  residing 
in  the  state  of  Mississippi.  In  all  special  schools  the  fees  remain 
unchanged.  A  fee  of  fifty  dollars  is  charged  for  all  students  coming 
from  other  states.  A  matriculation  fee  of  ten  dollars  is  required  from 
all  students. 

Art.  2.  In  addition  to  his  tuition  fee  each  student,  upon  entering, 
shall  deposit  with  the  Proctor  of  the  University  the  sum  of  five  dollars 
to  cover  contingent  damages.  At  the  expiration  of  the  session,  should 
no  charges  be  made  against  the  student  for  damages  as  herein  pro- 
vided, this  sum  shall  be  refunded,  and  in  all  cases  the  balance  due  the 
student,  if  any,  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  Chancellor,  be  refunded 
upon  his  graduating  or  final  discharge.  Any  student  may  be  required 
to  deposit  an  additional  sum  in  case  the  charges  against  him  already 
exceed  the  sum  herein  specified. 

Art.  3.  Every  student  residing  in  the  dormitories  during  the  en- 
tire session  shall  pay  a  fee  of  eighteen  dollars,  which  shall  entitle  him 
to  fuel. 

Art.  4.  Students  preparing  for  the  Gospel  Ministry  from  any  state 
will  be  admitted  into  any  class  without  tuition  fee  on  application  to 
the  Faculty ;  but  whenever  the  student  shall  abandon  such  intention, 
or  shall  act  in  a  manner  inconsistent  therewith,  the  fees  so  dispensed 
with  shall  be  due. 

Art.  5.  Any  young  man  desirous  of  entering  the  University,  but 
unable  to  pay  for  tuition,  will  be  admitted  by  the  Faculty  without  fee 
into  any  class  on  standing  the  regular  examination,  and  producing 
certificates  of  good  moral  character  and  of  his  inability  to  pay ;  such 
certificates  to  be  signed  by  some  resident  clergyman,  or  the  principal 
of  some  academy,  or  other  person  of  respectability  in  the  neighbor- 
hood from  which  he  comes. 

Art.  6.  In  both  cases  strict  secrecy  shall  be  observed,  and  there 
shall  be  no  difference  in  the  treatment  of  different  classes  of  students. 

Art.  7.  The  college  buildings  shall  undergo  inspection  by  the 
Proctor  shortly  before  the  close  of  the  session,  and  at  such  times  as 
the  Chancellor  may  direct.  All  damages  found  to  have  been  com- 
mitted by  students  in  their  own  apartments  shall  be  charged  to  such 


1 6  LAWS    OF    THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    MISSISSIPPI. 

students.  All  ordinary  damages  in  the  halls  shall  be  charged  to  the 
occupants  of  rooms  on  such  halls  respectively.  All  similar  damages 
to  the  public  buildings  and  rooms  shall  be  assessed  on  the  whole  body 
of  the  students. 

Art.  8.  Students  occupying  rooms  in  the  dormitories  shall  not 
be  permitted  to  change  their  lodgings  until  their  rooms  shall  have  been 
submitted  to  inspection,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Proctor  to 
make  at  the  time  a  record  of  such  damages  as  may  appear  to  be  fairly 
chargeable  to  them. 

Art.  9.  No  student  retiring  from  the  University  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  a  discharge  until  his  room  shall  have  been  inspected,  and 
his  liability  for  damages  ascertained  and  settled. 

Art.  10.  No  member  of  a  lower  class  at  the  close  of  a  session 
shall  be  entitled  to  rise  to  a  higher,  and  no  student  at  any  time  shall 
receive  an  honorable  discharge  from  the  University  until  he  shall  have 
exhibited  to  the  Chancellor  a  certificate  from  the  Proctor  or  Treas- 
urer that  he  is  not  indebted  to  the  University  on  any  account  whatever. 

Art.  11.  Students  of  the  graduating  classes  shall  pay  all  their 
dues  previous  to  commencement-day,  and  no  student  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  graduate  or  receive  a  diploma  who  shall  have  failed  to 
present  to  the  Chancellor  a  certificate  from  the  Proctor  or  Treasurer 
that  he  has  discharged  all  liabilities  against  him. 

Art.  12.  Intentional  or  wanton  damages  upon  the  buildings  or 
other  property  of  the  University  shall  be  assessed  upon  the  per- 
petrators, if  discovered;  otherwise  they  shall  be  assessed  upon  the 
occupants  of  the  building  or  hall  in  which  they  occur,  or,  if  not  com- 
mitted in  a  dormitory,  upon  the  whole  body  of  students. 


CHAPTER  IX. 
examinations  and  degrees. 

Art.  1.  There  shall  be  an  examination  of  all  classes  at  the  close 
of  each  term. 

Art.  2.  The  manner  and  order  of  examinations  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Faculty,  and  shall  be  conducted  in  such  manner  as  to 
secure  perfect  equality  and  fairness  to  all  students. 

Art.  3.  The  five  students  most  distinguished  for  scholarship  in 
the  second,  third,  and  fourth  year's  classes  respectively,  as  determined 
at  the  annual  examination,  shall  be  known  as  honor  men,  and  their 


LAWS    OF   THE   UNIVERSITY    OF   MISSISSIPPI.  \J 

names  shall  appear  at  the  head  of  their  several  classes  in  the  cata- 
logue ;  provided  that  the  Faculty  of  Arts  may  modify  this  law  in 
particular  cases,  as  when  the  number  of  students  in  a  class  do  not 
justify  such  distinction,  or  when  the  scholarship  in  a  class  be  not 
such  as  to  warrant  it. 

Art.  4.  The  three  seniors  who  have  most  distinguished  themselves 
throughout  their  entire  course  shall  receive  the  graduating  honors,  and 
their  names  shall  be  published  in  the  catalogue  for  the  following  year, 
and  in  all  published  catalogues  of  the  Alumni  particular  mention  shall 
be  made  of  those  receiving  such  distinction. 

Art.  5.  The  Faculty  shall  have  power  to  determine  what  degree 
of  weight  shall  be  given  to  the  examinations  in  comparison  with  other 
modes  of  determining  standing  in  scholarship,  and  they  may  make  the 
examinations  the  sole  test  of  scholarship  if  they  see  fit. 

Art.  6.  The  Faculty  at  the  close  of  each  examination  may,  if  they 
think  proper,  award  to  the  students  who  shall  have  acquitted  them- 
selves best  testimonials  of  merit,  which  may  be  decorated  with  the  seal 
of  the  University,  and  delivered  to  those  entitled  to  them  publicly  on 
commencement-day  by  the  Chancellor.  The  number  of  such  distinc- 
tions to  be  awarded  shall  be  determined  by  the  Faculty. 

Art.  7.  Students  absenting  themselves  from  any  exercise  of  exam- 
ination without  a  satisfactory  excuse  shall  cease  to  be  members  of  the 
University.  Students  absent  from  some  of  the  exercises  or  from  a 
single  exercise  of  the  examination,  though  with  excuse,  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  a  place  in  the  merit-roll  of  their  classes  without  the  unani- 
mous vote  of  the  Faculty. 

Art.  8.  The  members  of  the  senior  class  of  the  B.  A.  Course, 
and  those  of  the  last  year's  classes  of  the  other  courses,  who  shall 
pass  an  approved  examination,  shall,  on  certificate  made  by  the 
Faculty  to  that  effect,  be  entitled  to  receive  the  degrees  belonging 
to  the  several  courses,  and  diplomas  certifying  to  them  this  distinction 
shall  be  publicly  delivered  to  them  on  commencement-day  by  the 
Chancellor. 

Art.  9.  The  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  may  be  conferred  by  the 
Board  on  such  as  shall  remain  as  resident  graduates  at  the  University, 
in  the  prosecution  of  literary  and  scientific  studies,  or  shall  pursue 
such  studies  elsewhere  under  the  direction  of  a  Professor  of  the  Uni- 
versity j  provided  that  it  be  certified  to  the  Board  by  the  Faculty  that 

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1 8  LAWS    OF   THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    MISSISSIPPI. 

they  are  in  their  opinion  worthy  candidates  for  such  distinction,  having 
studied  one  year,  sustained  a  satisfactory  examination,  and  submitted 
an  approved  thesis. 

Art.  io.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  may  be  conferred 
upon  such  as  pursue  advanced  studies  in  any  three  of  the  Departments 
of  Science,  Literature,  and  the  Arts,  under  the  direction  of  the  Faculty, 
after  studying  two  years  and  passing  a  satisfactory  examination,  and 
submitting  an  approved  thesis. 

Art.  ii.  Honorary  degrees  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  and  Doctor  of 
Laws  may  be  conferred  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  on  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Faculty. 

Art.  12.  There  shall  be  held  on  commencement-day  a  public  ex- 
hibition, at  which  such  candidates  for  graduation  as  may  have  been 
appointed  by  the  Faculty  for  that  purpose  shall  pronounce  addresses,  or 
exhibit  such  other  literary  performance  as  may  have  been  assigned  them. 

Art.  13.  Every  student  appointed  to  deliver  a  public  address  on 
any  occasion  connected  with  the  University  shall  present  or  rehearse 
his  speech  to  the  proper  authority  for  examination,  and  shall  conform 
to  such  directions  as  he  may  receive  as  to  the  matter,  manner,  style, 
and  length  of  the  same.  Failure  in  this  will  subject  the  offender,  if 
a  candidate  for  graduation,  to  the  liability  of  loosing  his  diploma,  and 
if  an  undergraduate  to  such  penalties  as  the  Faculty  may  inflict. 

Art.  14.  On  a  day  during  commencement  week  there  shall  be  held 
a  public  exhibition,  in  which  literary  performances  shall  be  exhibited 
by  members  of  the  junior  class  selected  by  the  Faculty,  or  in  such 
manner  as  the  proper  authorities  shall  prescribe. 

Art.  15.  On  the  day  preceding  the  junior  exhibition,  or  at  some 
other  convenient  time  in  commencement  week  before  commencement- 
day,  there  shall  be  held  a  public  exhibition,  in  which  members  of  the 
sophomore  class,  selected  by  the  Faculty  or  in  such  manner  as  the 
Faculty  shall  prescribe,  shall  declaim  selected  speeches ;  and  prizes 
shall  be  assigned  to  those  whose  elocution  shall  be  most  approved  by 
a  board  appointed  by  the  Chancellor.  These  prizes  shall  be  publicly 
conferred  on  the  successful  competitors  on  such  day  as  the  Chancellor 
may  select. 

Art.  16.  On  the  Sunday  preceding  commencement-day  a  sermon 
shall  be  delivered  before  the  college  body,  by  some  clergyman  invited 
by  the  Faculty,  whose  traveling  expenses  shall  be  defrayed  by  the 
University. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

DEPARTMENT    OF    LAW. 

Art.  1.  The  instruction  and  government  of  students  in  the  Law 
Department  shall  be  intrusted  to  such  Professors  as  the  Board  of 
Trustees  shall  appoint,  who,  together  with  the  Chancellor  of  the  Uni- 
versity, shall  constitute  the  Law  Faculty. 

Art.  2.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  professional  students  resort  to 
the  University  more  mature  in  mind,  better  established  in  principle, 
and  more  earnest  in  purpose  than  is  usually  the  case  with  under- 
graduates. It  may  be  therefore  reasonably  expected  that  they  will 
ordinarily  require  no  restraints  but  such  as  self-respect,  convictions  of 
duty,  and  deference  for  the  opinion  and  usages  of  society  may  impose. 
Should,  however,  this  reasonable  expectation  be  disappointed  in  any 
case,  the  offender  shall,  generally  in  the  first  instance,  be  privately  and 
kindly  advised,  and  if  afterward  he  shall  persist  in  improprieties  to 
such  a  degree  as  to  bring  upon  or  threaten  reproach  to  the  depart- 
ment he  shall  be  excluded  from  the  University. 

Art.  3.  No  public  censure  shall  ordinarily  be  inflicted  upon  mem- 
bers of  the  Law  Department ;  but  in  case  any  student  of  that  depart- 
ment shall  commit  any  act  for  which  an  infamous  punishment  may  be 
inflicted  by  the  municipal  law,  the  right  is  reserved  to  the  Law  Faculty 
to  expel  the  offender. 

Art.  4.  Law  students  shall  have  the  use  of  the  general  Library, 
under  the  regulations  established  by  the  Faculty  of  Arts,  as  provided 
in  Chapter  VI.  They  shall  have  the  use  of  the  Law  Library  under 
such  regulations  as  may  be  established  by  the  Faculty  of  Law. 

Art.  5.  The  law  students  may  attend  experimental  lectures  in 
Physical  Science  or  Chemistry,  or  lectures  on  other  branches  of 
Science  and  Letters,  delivered  by  the  Professors  in  the  Faculty  of 
Arts,  by  consent  of  such  Professors  j  but  in  such  cases  they  will  not 
be  entitled  to  any  privileges  or  liberties  not  extended  to  the  under- 
graduates attending  at  the  same  time. 

Art.  6.  Applicants  for  admission  must  be  at  least  nineteen  years 
of  age,  and  if  not  a  graduate  of  some  college  will  be  required  to 
exhibit  satisfactory  certificates  of  good  moral  character. 

Art.  7.  Such  students  as  may  have  accomplished  the  entire  course 
prescribed  by  the  Law  Faculty,  or  its  equivalent,  shall  be  entitled  to 


20  LAWS    OF    THE   UNIVERSITY   OF    MISSISSIPPI. 

a  diploma  and  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  to  be  conferred  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  upon  recommendation  of  the  Law  Faculty. 
Such  diploma  is  made  equivalent  by  the  laws  of  the  state  to  a  license 
to  practice  in  any  court. 

Art.  8.  The  Law  Faculty  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  course 
to  be  pursued  and  the  method  of  instruction,  and  to  make  all  needful 
regulations  for  the  maintenance  of  good  order,  and  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  ends  for  which  it  is  instituted. 

Art.  9.  The  senior  Professor  of  the  Law  Faculty  shall  make  a 
written  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  through  the  Chancellor  of  the 
University,  at  the  close  of  each  collegiate  year,  in  which  he  shall  state 
the  condition  and  wants  of  the  Law  Department,  and  give  such  other 
information  as  he  may  deem  proper. 


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